Bedstead



No. 6l4,820. Patented Nov. 29, I898. F. 0. ANDERSON.

BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed Apr. 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK O. ANDERSON, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,820, dated November 29, 1.

Application filed April 30, 1898.

10 to the side rails in such a manner as to prevent the spreading of the rails; also, to allow the slats to be placed and held at any desired point on the side rail, thus making it possible to use many or few slats, and to do this i in a very simple and practical manner, which reduces the cost of construction and by which the rails can easily be kept clean, having no corners for vermin.

My invention consists in simply rabbeting 50 the long strips attached to the side rail on which the slats rest, so as to leave a strong tongue along its outer edge, and cutting acori'esponding rabbet or groove on the under side and across the ends of the bed-slats, so that 2 5 when fitted together they form a strong rabbet joint and accomplish my purpose, all of which will be fully understood by this specification and the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of slat and bed Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a part of a bed-rail with pieces of bed-slats attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail View of underside of end of bedslat, showing rabbet or groove.

In the drawings, 10 represent the main side-rail pieces of a bedstead.

11 11 are bed-slats.

12 12 are the rabbeted strips, on which the slats rest and which I usually secure to the 0 main rail 10 by both glue and nails 15 15. The

tongue 13 on the outer edge of strip 12 fits into the rabbet 14, which is cut crosswise on the under side of the ends of the slats 11, and the corresponding tongue 18 on the ends of the slats fits into the rabbet 19 in strip 12,

Serial No: 679,288. (No model.)

forming a strong rabbeted joint. I devised this method of attachment at first to prevent may be placed close together, as at 16 16, Fig.

2, or farther apart, as with space 17. A solid bottom of slats could be laid or one or two at any part of the rail. This is especially convenient in arranging for the support of the many different forms of spring and mattress frames now in use. Beside the results above spoken of my invention simplifies the construction of the bed-rail as now in use and cheapens the cost. The strong rabbet-joints make'the bedstead muchstiffer when set up than the common bedstead, so that it never racks or gets out of line and is easier to move about the room.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A bedstead having side rails provided with strips or cleats along their inner sides said strips or cleats provided, along their upper edges, with raised ribs, in combination with slats of a length approximating the distance between the inner sidesof said rails and having transverse grooves made directly in their under surfaces, near the ends, and adapted to receive said ribs whereby the side rails are prevented from spreading and the slats are slidably mounted with the under surfaces of the end portions in direct contact with the top surfaces of the strips or cleats.

In witness thatIclaim the foregoing Ihave hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK 0. ANDERSON.

In presence of- N. E. THOMAS, H. H. WARREN. 

